Sleeve shaping devices



1956 c. G. B. BURSELL 2,730,276

SLEEVE SHAPING DEVICES Filed Aug. 11, 1952 United States Patent SLEEVE SHAPING DEVICES ClaesGiiran-Birger B'ursell; Goteborg; Sweden ApplicationrAugust11,.1952, Serial. No.. 303,686. 3 Claims. (Cl: 223 67) The present invention relatesto a, sleeve. shaping device comprisinga bag of a materialpervious, togas flowtherer through, which bag is, adapted tu bo inserted into the sleeve and filled with steam, hot air or the like, so that it is expanded, with. suchan; arrangement thesl'eeve will obtain a substantially cylindrical, shapewhich is less attractive from an aesthetic point of'vi'ew. For instance, 7

whena jaeket'sleeve is correctly pressed, there 'shoul'dbe a softly rounded erea-sealong-the front and the rear edge of the sleeve making it somewhat flattened out. Hitherto it has not been possible to attain such an elfect with devices of this kind.

The object of the invention is to achieve an arrangement eliminating said drawbacks, and the device according to the invention is characterized substantially by .rods of a resilient material adapted to be inserted into the sleeve and, after the bag having been expanded, stretch the sleeve in the desired shape with the purpose of forming softly rounded creases in the sleeve material. The rods are preferably adjustable one relative to the other. Another object is to achieve a slightly more pronounced crease at the outside of the sleeve, which, according to the invention, is achieved by means of a special support for the press member, said support being displaceable along the rods.

In the accompanying drawing there is diagrammatically shown an embodiment of the adjustable sleeve-shaping rods according to the invention. Fig. l is a cross section through the main parts of a sleeve shaping machine,i-;Fig. 2 is a section on a larger scale along line IIII of Fig. 1, Fig. 3 is a section on a larger scale along line III--III of Fig. 1, Fig. 4 is a section like Fig. 2 of another embodiment of the setting device for the rods, and Fig. 5 shows the device of Fig. 4 in a horizontal view.

In Fig. 1 there is a pipe 1, which in a manner here not shown is connected to a fan with a heating battery, arrangements for the supply of steam, wetting arrangements and the like. The line 2 denotes the casing of the machine at which is attached a pipe socket supporting a bag 3 being made e. g. of some fabric and which may thus be filled with steam, hot air etc.

At the inside of pipe 1 which serves as a nozzle is attached a rod 4 of some resilient material such as for example spring steel extending into the bag 3', and at its free end provided with a bent over portion 5. Substantially at the centre of the pipe 1 there is further arranged a shaft 6 supporting a pivotally mounted rod 7 constructed in a manner similar to the rod 4. The two rods are, in the vicinity adjacent to the pipe socket 3, bent in opposite directions, so that they diverge at a rather wide angle for a short distance and are then bent towards one another.

The dotted lines in Fig. 1 show two positions of the rod 7. The arrangements with which the rod 7 is operated are diagrammatically shown on a larger scale in Fig. 2. In this figure, the numeral 8 designates a lever mounted pivotally adjacent to the lower edge of pipe 1 or pipe socket 3, respectively. The lever 8 is provided 2,730,276 Patented Jan- 10, 1956 Z: with a handle 9 into whichiiszinsertedastoptmember 12 actuated bynaming, 10.: and, operated by means. of a. finger em; 11,, which! stog member cooperateswith a toothed sector,- 13, sol-thatath'e. lever 8,. can. bQilOCkfid in .diiferent set gositionst The lever 8 is provided with a slot 14 inits longitudinal direction, througlrgwhichthe rod 7 passes. Transversely withinpipe 1. thereis. arrangedabar or'the like 16 having a. slot; 15,. andarod 7 passes also: through said: slot, so, that the: rod 7... whenathelever' 8. is: rotatedabout itspivot will move in-ai horizontal plane. towards. or away from the rod 4 projecting at one end-of the slot 15.-

lnorder wallow. themovement of lever 8 the pipe 1 and: the pipesocketv surrounding the: same? are provided with aligned slots 1a, Satransxerseto thezpipe axis, and in order to prevent the pressing agentfrorn penetrating out, of theone ing; huste m by hos sl t 1a, 3a arms 17 is m unts-dema d th n pesock t-fi. Saidrin being; provided-with an; aperture fitted exactly for the section: of, lever 8. hen lever 8=is swung about its pivot, the ring 1:7 wil-l turn about-the pipe socket, 3.

Err-order, to. achieve a more sharply marked creaseat the; outer edge, of thejsleeve, which maybe desirable for aesthetic reasons, an arrangement demonstrated in Figs. 1 and 3 is provided for. Two plates 18 and 19 each doublebent to a narrow U-shape embrace the rods 7, 4 respectively, and the side portions of the plates extend towards and overlap each other. The bend at the V-tip of each plate is shaped to the outline of the rod as seen in cross section, and the plates are preferably perforated. The width of the plates is suitably made as wide as the length of the desired sharper crease, and the extension of the plates across the rods is dimensioned, so that they will overlap even when the widest sleeve possible is applied. The plates are displaceable along the rods.

Another embodiment of the setting arrangement for the rods is shown in Figs. 4 and 5. The adjustable rod 20 has here one threaded end and is provided with a flange 21 and led through a hole in a shaft 22 mounted in the pipe socket 23. The rod is fixed to the shaft by means of a nut 24. The shaft 22 is mounted by means of two ball bearings 25 and 26 by means of caps 27 and 28, respectively, being attached to pipe socket 23. The one end of shaft 22, outside the cap 28 of ball bearing 26, is secured against axial displacement by a washer 29 and nut 30, and at the other end shaft 22 is provided with a handle 31 consisting of an egg-shaped body 31 having a pipe-like arm 32. In this pipe-like arm 32 runs a rod 33 the lower part of which is shaped into a latch 34 engaging the teeth of a curved toothed sector 35 being arranged on the pipe socket 23 and having its centre of curvature at the axis of rotation of shaft 22. A helical spring 36 is fixed in between the latch 34 and the inner end of the pipe-like arm 32 and keeps the latch in engagement with the toothed sector 35. The rod 33 projects a distance outside the extreme end of arm 32 and serves as a trigger. For the rest the arrangement is made in accordance with Fig. 1 with a rigidly attached rod and a bag (not shown).

When shaping e. g. a sleeve of a jacket with the device according to Figs. 1 and 2, the handle 9 is pulled counterclockwise, so that the rod 7 will occupy the position indicated with 7' in Fig. l, the rods and the bag surrounding the same then being inserted into the sleeve. The handle will then be moved clockwise, the rods 4 and 7 thus being separated while stretching out the sleeve, the latter being simultaneously adjusted, so that the rods will in the way intended bear against the front and the rear edges of the sleeve. As the rods are made of a resilient material, the one bearing against the rear edge of the sleeve will follow said edge closely in spite of the edge generally having a rounded shape.

When the bag 3' is filled, the sleeve will be stretched out, so that it in section obtains the-shape of being pointed at its ends, which will after the treatment result in obtaining soft longitudinal creases at the front and the rear edges of the sleeve.

The more pronounced creases'in the outer portion'of the sleeve are achieved by pushing the two plates 18 and 19 to the position where the creases'are to be applied, whereupona pressing pad is pressed against the sleeve from either side.

The device according to Figs. 4 and 5 is used in the same manner as the device shown in Figs. 1 and 2, i. e. the rod 20 is set by pushing in the rod 33, so that the latch 34 is released from the toothed sector 35, it then being possible to swing the handle32 to the desired position in which the rod 33 is released.

The invention is not limited to the embodiment shown and described hereinbefore but may be modified within the scope of the following claims.

What I claim is:

1. In a sleeve shaping machine,the combination comprising an elongated gas-pervious bag adapted to be inserted into the sleeve of a garment, a nozzle for supplying a hot gaseous fluid into said bag for expanding the same against the sleeve, and a pair of flexible rods connected to said nozzle and extending longitudinally in said bag, one of said rods being movable relative to the other an ellipse 4 to keep the sleeve stretched out in a manner conforming to the shape of thesleeve and the outer sides of said rods being V edged to establish soft creases in the sleeve along the lines of contact pressure between the sleeve and rod edges.

2. A sleeve shaping machine as defined in claim 1 and which further includes a pair of U-shaped plates, said plates embracing said rods, respectively and being slidable therealong, and the side portions of said plates extending towards and overlapping each other, said plates being adapted to serve as a support when pressing more marked creases along the outer edge of the sleeve.

3. "A sleeve shaping machine as defined in claim 1 wherein one of said rods is fixed in position in and with respect to said nozzle and the other of said rods is attached to and within said nozzle by means including a pivotal shaft arranged transversely in said nozzle and wherein said machine further includes means for locking said rod attached to said pivotal shaft in a desired angular relationship to the other fixed rod corresponding to the stretched condition of the sleeve.

Brenner et al. Feb. 1, 1949 Petre Nov. 8, 1949 

